TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparison of theory and experiments on van der Waals forces in media - A survey
AU - Burger, Friedrich Anton
AU - Corkery, Robert William
AU - Buhmann, Stefan Yoshi
AU - Fiedler, Johannes
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2020/11/5
Y1 - 2020/11/5
N2 - We present a critical overview comparing theoretical predictions and measurements of van der Waals dispersion forces in media on the basis of the respective Hamaker constants. To quantify the agreement, we complement the reported experimental errors with those for the theoretical predictions, which are because of the uncertainties in the underlying spectroscopic data. Our main finding is that the theoretical errors are often larger than their experimental counterparts. Within these uncertainties, the comparison confirms the standard Lifshitz theory based on the Abraham electromagnetic stress tensor against the recently suggested alternative account on the basis of the Maxwell stress tensor.
AB - We present a critical overview comparing theoretical predictions and measurements of van der Waals dispersion forces in media on the basis of the respective Hamaker constants. To quantify the agreement, we complement the reported experimental errors with those for the theoretical predictions, which are because of the uncertainties in the underlying spectroscopic data. Our main finding is that the theoretical errors are often larger than their experimental counterparts. Within these uncertainties, the comparison confirms the standard Lifshitz theory based on the Abraham electromagnetic stress tensor against the recently suggested alternative account on the basis of the Maxwell stress tensor.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c06748
DO - 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c06748
M3 - Review article
SN - 1932-7447
VL - 124
SP - 24179
EP - 24186
JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry C
JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry C
IS - 44
ER -